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But if you break the law to let an emergency vehicle through - including moving through a red light or ducking into a bus lane to clear the path - that could mean a fine of up to £1,000, reports Birmingham Live.

Entering a yellow box junction to give a 999 vehicle extra room could also land you in the same trouble.

It can be a tense moment when traffic is heavy and you want to make sure the emergency services have enough room to drive around you.

Not only could you be hit with a fine, an offence such as running a red light also comes with three penalty points on your licence.

According to the Highway Code: "You should look and listen for ambulances, fire engines, police, doctors or other emergency vehicles using flashing blue, red or green lights and sirens, or flashing headlights, or traffic officer and incident support vehicles using flashing amber lights."

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The code says you should stop before the brow of a hill, never mount the kerb, don't put anyone else in danger and don't brake harshly.

The Blue Light Aware website states: “Of course, there will be times when there simply is no room for an emergency service vehicle to get past, or perhaps its crew are activated by their control room to respond to an emergency while they are waiting with everyone else at the traffic lights.

“On these occasions, they know that other motorists are not allowed to ‘jump’ the red light, and the emergency vehicle would ideally not activate its sirens and lights until it was safe for the vehicle in front to cross the solid white line at the junction.

“On the (hopefully) rare occasions that a blue light vehicle, in 'emergency mode', is sitting behind another vehicle at a red traffic light, it’s important to appreciate that it would be both very dangerous and illegal for the other vehicle to move across the solid white line."